THE distraught relatives of those killed in yesterday’s Egyptian church bombing have carried the coffins of their loved ones through the streets in an emotional funeral procession.

The wooden boxes – each bearing a cross – were covered with the Egyptian flag and lined up at the Saint Mary and Saint Athanasuis Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo’s Nasr City district a day after Sunday’s tragedy.

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The victims of yesterday’s Egyptian church bombing are today being buried in Cairo

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Relatives and mourners carried the coffins through the streets in emotional scenes

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An woman breaks down next to the coffins of her two daughters in Cairo today

A woman who lost her two daughters in the bombing was seen crying and falling to the ground next to their coffins while other mourners prayed silently.

The country’s health ministry today released a revised death toll admitting 24 people were killed in the attack on Saint Peter and Saint Paul Church – one more than was reported the previous day.

Most of the victims were women, authorities have said.

The blast also wounded 45 people, with 21 of them still remaining hospitalised, the ministry said.

The attack occurred during Sunday service at the church adjacent to Saint Mark’s Cathedral, the seat of the Coptic pope Tawadros II.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing.

But Coptic Christians – who make up 10 per cent of Egypt‘s mostly Muslim population of 90million – have previously been the targets of jihadist thugs.